Today I attended a Community Energy strategy event in Edinburgh, organised by Changeworks, and hosted by Edinburgh City Council. They wanted to learn from our experience here in Bristol, and from BWCE in Bath, but it was also a great opportunity to learn from how things are being done in Edinburgh.

One of the interesting things about Edinburgh is that the city council has made a strong commitment to cooperatives, and want to be a 'cooperative capital'. They have set up a cooperative development unit to support the development of new cooperatives in aim energy, social care, child care and housing services.